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Fesko elected, county supports Obama, Prop. 30

Tim Fesko is Mono County’s District 4 supervisor, after a long runoff battle with candidate Bob Peters.

Fesko took the seat with 53.7 percent of the vote against Peters' 46.3 percent. The vote totals do not include provisional ballots which will be counted this week, but election officials said Wednesday that the several hundred provisional ballots still uncounted are not likely to change the final outcome of the District 4 race, given Fesko's lead.

“I don’t have words,” Fesko said late Tuesday night. “Thank you everyone, thank you. My work is cut out for me, and people are going to be looking at me to see if I keep the promises I made, as they should be.”

North County voters elected two Eastern Sierra Unified School District candidates out of a field of four candidates, but one race may still be too close to call, pending a count of provisional ballots. John Peters from the Bridgeport area narrowly won against candidate Pam Haas-Hart, with 50.16 percent of the vote, or 786 votes, as compared to Haas-Durhart's 49.8 percent and 781 votes.

James “Jimmy” Little from the Lee Vining area took home 60.8 percent of the vote as compared to Arya Degenhardt's 39.2 percent.

Little, speaking late Tuesday night, said he was trying to wrap his head around what would undeniably be some huge challenges to the district.

“The challenge will be the state budget,” he said. “We have some tough planning to deal with that reality."

Mammoth Unified School District voters elected teacher Shana Stapp and current school board member John Stavlo Tuesday night.

The county supported Barack Obama for President, giving him 52.4 percent of the vote, as compared to Mitt Romney’s 44.8 percent.

Dianne Feinstein was re-elected U.S. Senator.

The county chose Paul Cook as its U.S. Representative and Rico Oller as its state Assemblyman.

Proposition 30, which will funnel money to education if passed, won narrowly in the county, with 50.8 percent of the vote. However, provisional votes still have to be counted in Mono County and it is possible that the local outcome for Prop. 30 could change, after that vote is final.